Human rights + economic justice. Associate Director at Oxfam America. Texan in Brooklyn. She/her and views my own.
Rebecca Riddell
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G20 In Flux will continue throughout the year, unpacking the decisions, power dynamics and economic ideas shaping our world—and exploring alternatives that put people before wealth and power.
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A pleasure to speak with @cnn.com's Tami Luhby about:
📈rapidly rising billionaire wealth
⚖️the corrosive effects of extreme wealth on politics today
😱the likelihood of the world's first trillionaire by Davos next year
Check out her great coverage of Oxfam's latest report.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/e...
Yes! Great to see the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social continuing to lead the charge to #TaxtheRich in order to fund public services.
New York's richest billionaires gained $42.4 billion each last year. They can afford to pay their fair share in taxes.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
How are elite interests shaping the extraction of critical minerals? What can we learn from Indigenous resistance?
Check out this great piece from political economist Daphnae Picoli—part of our new series unpacking key G20 issues.
👉 www.equals.ink/p/washington...
Spent the morning with CNBC on background so we could be the first to offer zero congrats to the world's first trillionaire, Elon Musk.
A dark day for democracy. Our full take here: www.oxfamamerica.org/press/soon-t...
NEW: New York's 10 richest billionaires gained $42.4B in the last 12 months
Our latest breaks down:
🔹Extraordinary recent gains at the top
🔹How the OBBBA gave a windfall to NY's 1%
🔹Why taxing the rich in NY can raise revenue without causing capital flight
www.oxfamamerica.org/press/10-ric...
The U.S. holds the G20 Presidency this year amid rising inequality, debt crises, hunger & geopolitical tensions.
Our new blog series, G20 In Flux, examines this year's U.S.-led G20 & asks what a more transformative international economics could achieve.
www.equals.ink/s/g20-in-flux
You're invited to 'Inside the G20: What to Expect for the 2026 US Presidency.'
Featuring:
Nabil Ahmed, @oxfamamerica.bsky.social
Cathy Feingold, @aflcio.org
Fernanda Santiago, Former Advisor to Brazil's Finance Minister
Moderated by @newamerica.org's Heela Rasool-Ayub
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You're invited to 'Inside the G20: What to Expect for the 2026 US Presidency.'
Featuring:
Nabil Ahmed, @oxfamamerica.bsky.social
Cathy Feingold, @aflcio.org
Fernanda Santiago, Former Advisor to Brazil's Finance Minister
Moderated by @newamerica.org's Heela Rasool-Ayub
Register👉 lnkd.in/eHZC2WXs
“What the data shows is that we cannot have a conversation about the affordability crisis without talking about extreme inequality, and in particular the extreme inequality between CEO pay and worker pay”
-Oxfam's Patricia Stottlemyer on the rapid rise of CEO pay
